Listen to What's He Building In There (Live) song with lyrics from Tom Waits

What's He Building In There (Live)

Tom Waits13 Oct 2020

What's He Building In There (Live) Lyrics

What's he building in there

What the hell is he building in there

He has subscriptions to those magazines

He never waves when he goes by

He's hiding something from the rest of us

He's all to himself

I think I know Why

He took down the tire swing from the pepper tree

He has no children of his own you see

He has no dog

And he has no friends

And his lawn is dying

And what about all those packages he sends

What's he building in there

With that hook light on the stairs

What's he building in there

I'll tell you one thing

He's not building a playhouse for the children

What's he building in there

Now what's that sound from under the door

He's pounding nails into a hardwood floor

And I swear to god I heard someone moaning low

And I keep seeing the blue light of a T V show

He has a router and a table saw

There's poison underneath the sink of course

But there's also enough formaldehyde to choke a horse

What's he building in there

What the hell is he building in there

I heard he has an ex-wife in some place called Mayors Income Tennessee

And he used to have a consulting business in Indonesia

But what is he building in there

He has no friends

But he gets a lot of mail

I'll bet he spent a little time in jail

I heard he was up on the roof last night signaling with a flashlight

And what's that tune he's always whistling

What's he building in there

What's he building in there

 

We have a right to know

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